Hearing and listening
This is the physiological process of receiving sound waves.
What is hearing?
The stage where listeners assign meaning to spoken messages.
What is understanding in listening?
The ability to store and recall information heard.
What is remembering in listening?
The process of assigning significance to messages based on experience.
What is interpreting in listening?
Providing feedback to show understanding.
Answer: What is responding in listening?
This refers to how the brain organizes and interprets sound signals.
What is auditory perception?
Interpreting the meaning of words and phrases.
What is semantic processing?
The brief retention of auditory information immediately after hearing it.
What is sensory or immediate memory?
Judging or considering the credibility and logic of a message.
What is evaluating in listening?
Verbal or nonverbal cues that show engagement.
What is active listening feedback?
Any interference that disrupts the reception of sound.
What is noise in listening?
When a message has more than one possible meaning.
What is ambiguity in communication?
The temporary storage of information for immediate use.
What is short-term memory?
Mental frameworks that influence how messages are interpreted.
What is perceptual filter?
Restating a message in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
When a listener only registers certain sounds while ignoring others.
What is selective hearing?
Understanding meaning based on situation or environment.
What is contextual interpretation?
The memory system that stores information essentially forever.
What is long-term memory?
The trustworthiness of the speaker or information source.
What is source credibility?
Mirroring emotions and meaning back to the speaker.
What is reflective listening?
A limitation caused by physical issues such as hearing impairment or fatigue.
What is physiological listening barrier?
Incorrect interpretation of a speaker’s intended message.
What is misunderstanding?
Encoding, storage and retrieval.
What are the three steps to remembering?
Overgeneralizing about a speaker based on group identity.
What is stereotyping in listening?
The ability to adapt responses based on speaker feedback and context.
What is interactive listening competence?